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Friday is the final day that hospitals can submit data to the AHA’s quarterly RACTrac survey. The free web-based survey helps AHA measure the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program on hospitals and advocate for needed changes. For more information on the RACTrac initiative,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will discuss ICD-10 implementation issues and testing opportunities during a National Provider Call Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET. For details on the call or to register, click here. Health care providers must include ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes…
A new report from the AHA’s Committee on Research and Committee on Performance Improvement examines the changing health care landscape and the role trustees and community leaders can play to help guide hospitals during this time of change.The report provides an overview of engagement…
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published on Oct. 29, 2014 a “Draft Guide to Cyber Threat Information Sharing.” The NIST guide highlights the importance and benefits of information sharing among organizations and provides practical advice on how this can be…
President Obama today released a fiscal year 2016 budget request that includes $431 billion in proposed reductions to Medicare, of which $350 billion would come from health care providers and $83.8 billion from structural reforms.
Ebola testing should be conducted only for individuals who meet the criteria for persons under investigation for Ebola Virus Disease, according to updated guidance for clinical laboratories released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Medical Association and other physician and professional organizations last week urged health care professionals to promptly treat young children and people age 65 and older with flu antiviral drugs.
The Food and Drug Administration should not apply medical device regulations to Laboratory Developed Tests, AHA told the agency today. FDA’s draft framework for regulatory oversight of LDTs and related guidance, “while well-intentioned, is inappropriate and will lead to a loss of…
More than 10.1 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Nov. 30, 2014, increasing total enrollment in the programs by an estimated 17.5%, according to a report released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care today celebrated 1 million online supporters. Formed in 2000, the coalition is a broad-based group of hospitals, businesses and national, state and local hospital associations dedicated to educating the public about threats to hospital financing…